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In papers on the history of thought, writers often lump Adam Smith and FA Hayek together.
Both Smith and Hayek are classical liberal, free-market economists. Each emphasized the …

The theory of" spontaneous order" as elaborated by eighteenth-century Scotsmen is in
Ronald Hamowy's words an" explanatory device for complex social phenomena"(6). As a …

Was Adam Smith an apologist for capitalism who rejected Jean-Jacques Rousseau's charge
that commerce fundamentally compromised morality? In this confidently argued close …

Smith was well aware of the complex nature of human societies with a high degree of
division of labour. The origin of the division of labour itself is less straightforward than a …

INTELLECTUAL HISTORY REVIEW 773 insights found in The Wealth of Nations. This
approach has also aimed to explain how Smith considered and problematised the ethical …

Abstract What does Adam Smith mean by “good government”? How is it related to his
political economy and system of natural liberty? No extensive or specific treatment of these …

ABSTRACT This article reconstructs Adam Smith's contribution to the conversation on the
nature and value of free government in the eighteenth century. Smith contributes to this …

The works of Adam Smith are filled with quotable moments. The pin factory. The poor man's
son. The invisible hand. The butcher, the brewer, and the baker. The dog and the …

Adam Smith has long been remembered as an economist, but the past decades have
witnessed an ever-increasing recognition and discussion of his moral philosophy with …